Male (White-bellied/White-winged) © Giuseppe Citino eBird S54340476 Macaulay Library ML 157075621
Male (Black-bellied) © Nigel Voaden
Female (White-bellied/White-winged) © Robert Lewis
Female (Black-bellied) © Graeme Spinks
Male (Black-bellied) © Nigel Voaden
+ 4
Male (White-bellied/White-winged) © Sam Woods
Female (White-bellied/White-winged) © Vicki Sandage
Female (White-bellied/White-winged) © GARY DOUGLAS

Madagascar Magpie-Robin Copsychus albospecularis

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Identification

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Elegant, robin-like bird with a long tail. Males are bluish-black and white. Females are brown and buff. Both sexes show a white slash in the wing. There is regional variation: western birds have white in the tail and more white in the wing; northeastern males have a black belly. Common Madagascar endemic that is found in the understory of all forest types, as well as in scrub, plantations, and gardens. Pretty song is a conversational phrase of whistles, whines, and rattles. Much larger than African Stonechat, and usually doesn’t sit in the open. Females separated from female rock-thrushes by their white wing patch.

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